Up the Sunbeam

Nature is filled with truth, with messages and illustrations from our glorious Creator--messages designed purposefully to show us something of Him. Like the good Teacher He is, He knows that we learn best when a visual aid helps us to see the concept instead of just reading about it. A sunflower is a great example. It has an interesting property called heliotropism , which means that it continually orients itself to the sun. During the darkness of night the sunflower turns itself to face the east, awaiting the new dawn, so as not to miss even a moment of the sun's brightness. This picture was taken just after sunrise and this sunflower is taking full ad v antage of the golden morning light. All through the day, as the sun moves, so does the sun flower , turning, turning, turning, slowly, consistently, staying in the optimal position to take in the maxim u m amount of light. Sunflowers behave in a way that seems almost greedy for light. They aren't c ontent like oth...